Improvement in dyeing kid gloves



J. T. REED. DyeingKid Gloves.

Patented March 29, I864.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE.

JOSIAH T. REE-D, OF OHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN DYEING ,KID GLOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 42, I l I, dated March29, 1864.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSIAH T. REED, of Charlestown, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inthe Mode of Dyeing Kid Gloves; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures marked thereon.

Figure I is a view of the back of the mold. Fig. II is. a side viewshowing the position of the parts when the glove is on the mold or form;Fig. III, a side view of the detached thumb-piece; Fig. IV, a plan ofbase of thumb-piece that rests on the piece A; Fig. V, a section of thefingers on the line I J, Fig. I.

The colored kid gloves usually found in the trade are dyed in the skin,and when made up into gloves are white upon the inside and of anyrequired color upon the exterior. In some cases the dye or color isapplied to the grain side of the skin by means of a brush, the skinbeing stretched upon a table or board.

- In other cases two skins are cemented together at the edges on thefiesh side and placed in suitable mordant baths, after which they aresubjected to such a dye as will give the required color to the outer orgrain side 'of the skin. The inner or flesh side remains white, as boththe mordant and dye are e.\-

' eluded by the cement at the edges, as before mentioned. Neither ofthese processes is applicable to the dyeing of a finished glove. Itcannot be immersed in the liquid dye withoit coloring the inside as wellas the outside, and if it be laid upon a table and the dye applied withbrushes, as in the case of the whole skin, the glove would be spotted,unequally dried, and left in a crumpled condition.

My improvement does not relate to the kind of mordant or dye used forcoloring or staining the gloves, but to the mechanical means by whichthe dyeing 0r coloring is effected, whereby gloves that have beenspotted and worn or new gloves that are of unsalable colors may beperfectly and uniformly colored, dried, and shaped without soiling inany degree the inside, that comes in contact with the hand. To effectthis, the glove to be colored is stretched upon a form or mold of theform represented in Figs. I and II. It consists of two pieces, one ofwhich, A, is a thin board, slightly convex at the back, and

four or five inches longer than the glove that is to be dyed. It has atone end four tapered fingers, B O D E, (see also Fig. V,) out or carvedin such size and form as is required to fit rather loosely into theglove. In the other end there is a ring or staple, L, and the spacebetween this and the wrist of the glove serves as a handle while theglove is being colored. The other part of the form or mold consists ofthe thumb-piece G H, Figs. III and IV, the round part G being taperedand of the same length as the thumb of the glove. The base of the part Gis cut off at an obtuse angle and attached to the piece H, which isabout four inches long, one inch wide, and one quarter of an inch thick.

The dotted lines in Fig. I show the position of the fiat part H of thedetached thumbpiece when in its proper position. The glove E, Fig. II,that is to be colored, is drawn on to the main part of the form A,taking care that the tips of the fingers be drawn home and all wrinklesor folds smoothed out. The

thumb-piece G, held by its handle H, is then carefully inserted into thethumb of the glove so as to fully distend it, and the handle being thenbrought down upon the finger board A the thumb is elevated and separatedfrom the adjacent parts of the body of the glove. The button at thewrist is now fastened and the glove is ready for coloring. After beingfreed from spots of oil or dirt, a suitable mordant is applied With asoft brush, and the frame hung up by the ring [1. When it is well dried,the dye is applied,

also with a brush, and again hung up to be dried. NVhile still remainingon the mold a suitable composition is used to give luster and elasticityto the glove. If the glo\e is rolled, twisted, or bent while in a wet ormoist condition, the mordant and dye will strike through the skin, butby the use of the molds herein described, which retain the gloves in afixed position, the inside remains white and clean and does not stainthe hand.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The finger-board A and the detached thumb-piece G H, held together andmaking one mold or form when the glove is placed upon it, substantiallyas herein described, and for the purpose specified.

In presence of- J. T. REED.

SAML. BATOHELDER, J r., JOHN M. BATCHELDER,

